COWBOYS ON HORSEBACK RIDE 100 MILES, DELIVER SMALL 10 COMMANDMENTS TO OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR

Pastor Delivers Ten Commandments on Horseback to Oklahoma Capitol in Protest of Monument Removal

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: http://christiannews.net/2015/10/24/pastor-delivers-ten-commandments-on-horseback-to-oklahoma-capitol-in-protest-of-monument-removal/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

OKLAHOMA CITY — Nearly a dozen Texas Christians rode 100 miles to Oklahoma City this week to deliver a tablet engraved with the Ten Commandments after a Decalogue display was removed from the grounds of the capitol building earlier this month.

“We’re riding for the law of God today,” John Riggs, pastor of the Texoma Cowboy Church in Wichita Falls, told those gathered. “We fully believe that this country was founded upon the principles of God’s word. It breaks our hearts to see where this country is headed and to see the removal of the law of God from our land, from our buildings.”

He said that his church had been following the situation in Oklahoma and decided to replicate the monument that had been removed and deliver a smaller version to Gov. Mary Fallin. They set out on horseback on Tuesday to achieve their mission, arriving to their destination on Friday, where they were greeted by approximately 40 Christians from various area churches.

“I believe it starts with the Church,” Riggs stated. “And so the message for me is to the Church in America today. To say to wake up, to stand up, to speak up. To speak up for the things we hold to be true and dear.”

Fallin said that she was moved by the gesture.

“They cared so much about what was happening in Oklahoma and cared so much about the Ten Commandments and what it represents—the morality of society — that they rode horses all the way to Oklahoma from Texas,” she told the Star Tribune. “You know, sometimes Texas and Oklahoma may have a little competition, but in this thing we stand together.”

She accepted the tablet, stating that she would place it in her office.

As previously reported, in light of an order from the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission voted last month to give authorization to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to remove a 6-foot Ten Commandments monument from the capitol grounds.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court had ruled 7-2 in June that the monument must be removed because it violates Article 2, Section 5, of the Oklahoma Constitution, which states that property cannot be used to promote a “church denomination or system of religion.”

The display had been the subject of a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), asserting that its erection on the grounds of the state capitol building was unconstitutional.

The lead plaintiff in the case was liberal minister Bruce Prescott, the director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists. Prescott said that mixing the sacred with the secular in such a manner cheapens the monument, and asserted that it violated the Constitution’s Establishment Clause, which says that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…”

But Fallin opposed the removal of the Decalogue display while the matter was under appeal.

“The Ten Commandments monument was built to recognize and honor the historical significance of the Commandments in our state’s and nation’s systems of laws,” she wrote in a statement.

“The monument was built and maintained with private dollars. It is virtually identical to a monument on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol which the United States Supreme Court ruled to be permissible,” Fallin continued. “It is a privately funded tribute to historical events, not a taxpayer funded endorsement of any religion, as some have alleged.”

MUSLIM DAY OF ASHURA BLOODLETTING

Muslim Men, Children Cut and Whip Their Bodies Bloody for Muhammad’s Grandson

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: http://christiannews.net/2015/10/25/muslim-men-children-cut-and-whip-their-bodies-bloody-for-muhammads-grandson/;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

A number of Shiite Muslim men and children around the world are in the midst of observing a 10-day Islamic festival in remembrance of Muhammad’s grandson—an event that involves cutting ones head with knives or spears or self-flagellating themselves with chains.

Online photos captured the bloodiness of the Muslim traditions surrounding the Day of Ashura, which marks the death of Husyn ibn Ali approximately 1,300 years ago. He was the son of Fatimah, Muhammad’s daughter, and was beheaded during the Battle of Karbala in 680 A.D.

To remember his death, many Shi’a Muslims (and some Sunnis, although bloodletting is discouraged) observe the Day of Ashura each year, generally in October or November. In countries such as Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Pakistan, the observance is considered a national holiday, which to some also is a time when Muslims seeks to shed blood as a means to obtain forgiveness for sins.

According to reports, the Day of Ashura was inspired by the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement. The Centre of Fatwa of the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Awqaf issued an edict this week calling for fasting on the day, stating, “Fasting on the Ashura day is atonement for sins.” One Islamic saying also claims, “A single tear shed for Husayn washes away a hundred sins.”

However, bloodletting is also largely observed by adherents, often in groups and in the public square. In addition to cutting a gash in the forehead of children and babies, some children and adults voluntarily slash their bodies with knives or flagellate themselves with whips in order to reinact the death of Ali. Participants are seen in some cities walking the streets with blood staining their clothing and dripping from their head, chest and back.

According to the AFP, in Iraq, large crowds gathered in the streets on Saturday to observe the Islamic holiday, crying, beating their chests and cutting their heads until their faces and clothes were covered in blood.

“Many Shiite worshipers travel from neighboring Iran and other countries each year to visit the [Karbala] shrine, which lies about 80 kilometres (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad,” the outlet explained.

“Millions of others across the Shiite world, from Lebanon to south Asia, hold processions in their home towns, performing a variety of rituals, many involving flagellation,” it continued. “Some beat their backs to a drumbeat using chains or blades. Others beat their heads with a sword until their faces and their white mourning robes are covered in blood.”

In Greece, hundreds of Muslims gathered in Piraeus to flagellate themselves, singing songs and beating their chests, with some covering their faces with mud, according to the Greek Reporter.

Photos were also captured of observers bloodying themselves in Bangladesh, Lebanon and Delhi.

Warning: Graphic video

"DRAG GOSPEL FESTIVAL" HELD AT UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN MASSACHUSETTS FOR FIFTH TIME

Massachusetts ‘United Church of Christ’ Hosts Blasphemous ‘Drag Gospel Festival’

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: http://christiannews.net/2015/10/27/massachusetts-united-church-of-christ-hosts-blasphemous-drag-gospel-festival/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

SOMERVILLE, Mass. — A United Church of Christ congregation in Massachusetts recently hosted what it called a “Drag Gospel Festival” in support of the homosexual and transgender members in its assembly.

The First Church of Somerville (FCS) hosted the event October 16-18 both during its Friday night drag show and Sunday morning worship service.

“God is good all the time! That means God is a diva, and girl, Jesus is fierce!” wrote Serenity Jones, the congregation’s “drag queen in residence” on the FCS website.

“What do drag queens or drag kings have to do with Jesus or the gospel?” he asked. “We at FCS believe ‘God don’t make no junk.’ So whether you are straight, gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered or still playing hard to get, Jesus loves you and so do we! Amen baby! So come and get yours at this here church!”

According to The Huntington News, an estimated 100 people attended the Friday night event, which doubled as a fundraiser for the LGBT Asylum Support Task Force.

“There is a great drag tradition with music,” congregation member Marlin Collingwood told the publication. “But gospel music has been the root for drag.”

Men dressed as women, complete with wigs and makeup, sang gospel songs for those gathered—whether live or lip synching to the music.

On Sunday, Associated Pastor Jeff Mansfield arrived for the morning service wearing lipstick, blush and eye shadow, and leader Molly Baskette drew a mustache on her face with a marker. According to reports, some members of the choir wore drag as well.

Over 250 people attended the service, including one man who walked to the front of the room upset about the event flyer, which featured a graphic of Jesus wearing makeup and earrings.

“You paint up Jesus Christ like a prostitute,” he declared.

The service included secular music as well, such as that performed by Lady Gaga, and concluded with a fellowship meal.

This month’s drag show was the fifth year that FCS has hosted the event.

As previously reported, the United Church of Christ, which is outside of biblical orthodoxy and was the first American religious group to ordain homosexuals and affirm abortion, made headlines last year when it filed a legal challenge against North Carolina’s same-sex “marriage” ban, asserting that it violates the free exercise of religion among clergy.

“It boils down to a view on the authority of Scripture,” Clint Pressley of Hickory Grove Baptist Church told the Charlotte Observer about the suit. “The denominations listed have abandoned almost 2,000 years of Christian Orthodoxy. It’s not surprising.”

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FROM "CHURCH" WEBSITE: 

http://www.firstchurchsomerville.org/beloved-community/drag-gospel-festival/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

WHAT IS DRAG GOSPEL FESTIVAL?

 For all the info on October 2015's DGF click here!

A public service announcement from our drag-queen-in-residence, Serenity Jones:

“God is GOOD all the time! That means God is a DIVA… and girl… Jesus is FIERCE! Can I get a witness up in here!? Can I get an AMEN my sistahs and my brothahs!? For one weekend in October, First Church Somerville becomes FIERCE Church Somerville for two joyful days of Spirit in worship and praise, using our GOD-GIVEN musical and artistic talent, creativity and FASHION WITHOUT BORDERS, welcoming all God’s children to her FIERCE DIVA queen-dom. Hallelujah!

“What do drag queens or drag kings have to do with Jesus or the gospel? We at FCS believe “God don’t make no junk.” So whether you are straight, gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered or still playing hard to get, Jesus loves you and so do we! Amen BABY! So come and get yours at this here church!”

And now translated into boring old English:

The brainchild of James Adams, aka Serenity Jones, Drag Gospel started in the fall of 2011 and has become a favorite annual event. It is our way of demonstrating the radical welcome that we believe Jesus offered to all kinds of people—especially people exiled to the margins just for being the people God made them to be: queer or straight or a little bit of each, male or female or a little bit of each.

It all starts on a Friday evening in October with a benefit concert and drag show at Club Cafe to raise funds for the LGBT Asylum Task Force. Performers include Serenity Jones herself, other area drag performers and the fantastic musical talent of First Church Somerville’s community, including Pete Shungu, aka Afro DZ ak and our house band Project Soul.

The main event is Sunday morning Festival Worship featuring Serenity in full drag (with costume changes), both performing and as the liturgist for the day, with our pastors (sometimes also in drag) bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ with a distinctly loving message for LGBTQ-add-your-letter-here. Our fabulous choir and in-house band raise the roof with gospel and soul music, both beloved standards and awesome music you may not have heard yet.

Then we race pell-mell downstairs to our parish hall for the family-friendly Gospel Brunch: great food, mocktails and joy. There are kids running around in feather boas, straight men in skirts, people who never thought they’d be in a church basement hollering Hallelujahs! It is a guaranteed good time. You will laugh your head off, find yourself singing at the top of your lungs, and go home filled up.

And no, you don’t have to come in drag! Come as your own truest self.

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Molly Baskette

Lead Pastor

Jeff Mansfield

Associate Pastor

Mackenzie Pawlinger

Toddler Nursery

Cameron Cashin

Baby Nursery

VIDEO: 5th Annual Drag Gospel Festival
in Somerville, Massachusetts

Drag Queen Pastor Says God Is a Woman!

Serenity Jones and the Peacemakers Perform
at First Church Somerville

Children's Choir Performs What If God Was One of Us

Associate Pastor Mansfield in Drag 

as "Fabiola Feast" 2012:

ALABAMA MUST RESTORE PLANNED PARENTHOOD CONTRACT~ORDERED BY SAME FEDERAL JUDGE WHO FORCED REMOVAL OF 10 COMMANDMENTS MONUMENT

Judge Who Ordered Removal of Ten Commandments Rules Alabama Must Restore Planned Parenthood Contract

SEE: http://the-trumpet-online.com/judge-who-ordered-removal-of-ten-commandments-rules-alabama-must-restore-planned-parenthood-contract/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

Weak state magistrates allow corrupt federal courts to tell them what to do.

christiannews.net

MONTGOMERY — A federal judge who ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments monument at the Supreme Court in 2003 has ruled that officials must restore the state’s contract with Planned Parenthood because canceling it denied women their choice in medical providers.

As previously reported, Gov. Robert Bentley’s office wrote a letter to Planned Parenthood Southeast this past August, providing notice that the Alabama Medicaid office would discontinue the state’s contract with the abortion giant.

According to reports, the state had reimbursed Planned Parenthood for over $4,000 for birth control and STD testings over the past year.

“I respect human life, and I do not want Alabama to be associated with an organization that does not,” Bentley Tweeted following the release of a series of undercover videos from the Center for Medical Progress. “The deplorable practices at Planned Parenthood have been exposed to Americans. I’ve terminated any association with the organization in AL.”

But Planned Parenthood Southeast asserted that Alabama could not legally cancel its Medicaid contract with the group. It filed suit to challenge the decision.

“Unfortunately, we find ourselves in court once again with state officials who are hell-bent on ending a woman’s ability to make her own deeply personal and private health care decisions,” President Staci Fox said in a statement.

“Only this time, instead of going after safe and legal abortion as he has each of the past four years, now Governor Bentley is trying to dictate where a woman can go for contraception and other preventive care if she’s enrolled in Medicaid,” she wrote.

On Wednesday, Judge Myron Thompson, who ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments monument placed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore in 2003, agreed with the abortion giant, ruling that the contract must be restored because the absence of Medicaid funding would interfere with women’s choices in what organization they wished to use for reproductive services.

“To conclude otherwise would not only strip the Medicaid Act’s free-choice-of-provider provision of all meaning, but also would contravene clear congressional intent to give Medicaid beneficiaries the right to receive covered services from any qualified and willing provider,” he wrote in his 66-page decision.

Gov. Bentley said that he is disappointed in the decision and will appeal.

“I am disappointed, and vehemently disagree with the court’s ruling today. We are reviewing the opinion and will determine the next legal steps within the appeal period,” he wrote in a statement.

“The good news is that as a result of the strong opposition by Alabama and a few other states to the practice of accepting reimbursement for harvesting fetal organs, the national Planned Parenthood organization has changed course and will no longer continue this deplorable practice,” Bentley said.

HALLOWEEN CENSORED BY FEDS, COLLEGES, AND WALMART FOR OFFENSIVE MATERIAL TO INSURE POLITICALLY CORRECT SPEECH~BUT OCCULT ORIGINS IGNORED

FED INSANITY

EPA FINDS EVIL IN 2,096 POUND PUMPKIN: CARBON DIOXIDE 

CARBON DIOXIDE, PUMPKINS, PLANTS & SUNLIGHT 

DEEMED BAD BY EPA:

COLLEGE HALLOWEEN 

"COSTUME SENSITIVITY CONSULTANTS" 

CHECK FOR RACISM, OFFENSIVE CLOTHING, AND HURTFUL LANGUAGE

Published on Oct 31, 2015

On Tuesday, Khari Cyrus, the student body president at North Carolina State University sent a campus wide email on the “concept of appreciation vs. appropriation” this Halloween.
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Colleges Employ Halloween Sensitivity Squads
Toronto College Bans Spanish Mariachi Costume; Walmart Has Team Combing the Internet for Offensive Halloween Items to Ban for Sale

EPA Starts War on Carbon Emitting Pumpkins 

& All Plant Life:

Occult Origins of Halloween Revisited

ILLINOIS EPA: PUMPKINS ‘MUST BE MANAGED’ TO ‘PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH’

SEE: 

http://www.epa.state.il.us/land/citizen-involvement/pumpkins/collection-conditions.html

Pumpkins pose risk to environment if mishandled, according to state agency

BY KIT DANIELS

SEE: http://www.infowars.com/illinois-epa-pumpkins-must-be-managed-to-protect-human-health/; republished below in full unedited 

for informational, educational, and research purposes:

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency requires cities to perform nine anal-retentive steps to manage and dispose Halloween pumpkins to “protect human health.”

The agency wrote out a long list of steps cities are required to perform when hosting a “pumpkin collection event” for old jack-o’-lanterns, including filling out a Request for Approval of One-day Pumpkin Collection Event form, which is unavailable on the IEPA web site due to a server issue.

“Pumpkins must be managed in a manner that protects against releases, prevents nuisances, and otherwise protects human health and the environment,” step four states. “Operation of the site should be done in a way that will minimize rainwater or snow from coming into contact with the stored pumpkins.”

Here are the steps in full:

1. The event must be limited to the collection of pumpkins that were utilized for decorative purposes only and must not include garbage, food scraps or landscape waste. Signs should be posted at the site indicating that the collection is only for pumpkins.
2. Pumpkins must be accepted only from private individuals. Pumpkins must not be accepted from other persons, including, but not limited to, owners and operators of rented or leased residences where the pumpkins were used for decorative purposes, commercial haulers, and other commercial, industrial, agricultural, and government operations or entities.
3. Bags, boxes, candles, or any other type of solid waste must be separated from pumpkins prior to placement in pumpkin collection container and disposed of in accordance with all solid waste regulations.
4. Pumpkins must be managed in a manner that protects against releases, prevents nuisances, and otherwise protects human health and the environment. Operation of the site should be done in a way that will minimize rainwater or snow from coming into contact with the stored pumpkins.
5. Pumpkins should be collected on-site in a container, dumpster, truck trailer, or roll off box that is kept closed unless pumpkins are being placed in that unit. Pumpkins must also be properly secured to prevent public access to the pumpkins after collection, including, but not limited to, preventing access to the pumpkins during the event’s non-business hours.
6. Management of the pumpkins must be limited to the following: (i) acceptance of the pumpkins, (ii) temporary storage of the pumpkins before transfer off-site, and (iii) off-site transfer of the pumpkins or packaging for off-site transfer.
7. All pumpkins received at the collection event must be transferred off-site by the end of the day following the event.
8. All pumpkins must be transferred to an IEPA-permitted compost facility for composting.
9. The transfer and ultimate disposition of pumpkins received at the collection event must comply with the Agency’s approval, including all conditions contained in the approval.

To say that this is a good example of an out-of-control government agency is a complete understatement.

It’s likely the IEPA expects cities to go through all these steps because the U.S. Energy Dept. claimed that smashing pumpkins causes “man-made climate change.”

“With the passing of Halloween, millions of pounds of pumpkins have turned from seasonal decorations to trash destined for landfills, adding to more than 254 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) produced in the United States every year,” the Energy Dept. stated. “This Halloween, think of turning this seasonal waste into energy as a very important ‘trick’ that can have a positive environmental and energy impact.”

“At landfills, MSW decomposes and eventually turns into methane — a harmful greenhouse gas that plays a part in climate change, with more than 20 times the warming effect of carbon dioxide (CO2).”

But don’t expect the agency to speak out against Obama’s Air Force One, which burns five gallons of fuel per mile while flying Obama across the country to warn Americans about “global warming.”

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IGNORE THE EPA, DO THIS INSTEAD:

Pumpkin Chuckin World Record

Pumpkin Shoot at Red Brush Shooting Range

Some pumpkins require a double barrel

Senior pumpkin carving with a Barrett 50 caliber & explosives

EURABIA MEANS NO ASSIMILATION BY MUSLIMS INTO EUROPEAN CULTURE, BUT INSTEAD ITS TAKE OVER

EURABIA 

MEANS NO ASSIMILATION BY MUSLIMS

Letter From German Nurse on Muslim Invaders

Published on Oct 30, 2015

A riveting account from a nurse in Bavaria Germany you won't hear from the Mainstream media on the invasion going on in Europe by Muslims, who have no intention of assimilating to the culture of the host countries they are invading.

German Citizens Panic, ‘This Is Our Future’ As Muslims March Through City of Hannover

Young Muslims Perform Mock IS Slave Auction in Essen

Published on Oct 23, 2015

Dozens of Muslim activists gathered at Willy Brandt square in Essen to protest against the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), on Friday. The protesters, dressed like IS militants, were leading a column of women protesters fully covered and chained together. The video shows the group consisting of actors who performed the scene of women slave auction.

Muslim Invaders Demand Obama-Style Freebies

Published on Nov 2, 2015

Alex Jones breaks down how the Islamic "migrants" are being used to destroy Europe and how many of them are nothing but radical soldiers who will then be used as a way to cause chaos when the time is right. 

OBAMA LIES AGAIN: PUTS "BOOTS ON THE GROUND" IN SYRIA

AFTER PROMISING NO BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN SYRIA, OBAMA DEPLOYS 

BOOTS ON THE GROUND

"He's broken all other promises, why would this be any different?"

SEE: http://www.infowars.com/newsletter-content/; republished 

below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

US officials have confirmed today that special forces soldiers will be deployed on the ground in Syria, despite the fact that Obama promised he wouldn’t deploys ‘boots on the ground’.

A senior administration official told the BBC that there will be “fewer than 50” forces deployed in the region to “train, advise and assist” vetted opposition forces.

According to the official, this does not mark a change US strategy, but rather an “intensification” of the campaign in Syria.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest also said that the decision was made by Obama in order to provide additional support for Syrian rebels fighting against the government there.

“There are now moderate opposition forces that are 45 miles (72km) outside Raqqa,” Earnest said. “The president is prepared to intensify the elements that have shown promise.”

He said: “This is an intensification of a strategy he discussed a year ago.”

Something else Obama discussed previously was his decision to not “pursue an open ended action like Iraq or Afghanistan.” He also promised not to send in ‘boots on the ground’ in Syria or pursue an open ended air campaign.

Turns out that was all BULLSHIT… again.

ANOTHER PROMISE BROKEN, BUT YOU BELIEVED HIM LIKE FOOLS:

COMMON CORE ARIZONA: PARENTS CAN'T EXEMPT KIDS FROM TESTS ACCORDING TO ATTORNEY GENERAL & SUPERINTENDENT

Arizona AG: Parents Can't Exempt Kids From Common Core Tests

BY Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

SEE: http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/21859-arizona-ag-parents-cant-exempt-kids-from-common-core-tests;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

Parents cannot opt their kids out of Common Core-mandated testing in the state of Arizona, according to the state’s attorney general.

Attorney General Mark Brnovich issued this edict in response to a request from the state superintendent of education, Diane Douglas, to clarify whether parents were within their rights under state law to keep their kids from taking the statewide assessment test, known in Arizona as AZMerit.

The AZMerit test — a battery of standardized exams that has come under significant fire in the Grand Canyon State for its futility — is administered annually to the state’s 1.1 million public and charter school students.

Last year, there was a movement among many parents concerned about the potential for data mining and other controversial uses of such tests to boycott them, keeping their kids home from school and the announced test administration days.

One of these groups, OptOutAZ, reported on several significant problems with the statewide assessment tests (and the company that created them) in an information sheet provided for parents who were considering opting their children out of the exams.

For example, OptOutAZ revealed that the test is not unique to Arizona, as had been reported by the state government, but in reality the test

was created by the company AIR (American Institutes for Research) — the same company that created Utah’s and Florida’s Common Core assessments. AIR is a partner of Smarter Balanced who is one of two testing consortia that received $330 million from the U.S. Department of Education to create and administer Common Core tests. So far, the sample test questions are the exact same as Utah’s and Florida’s.

Furthermore, and perhaps most shocking of all, the parental rights advocacy group informed parents that the data obtained by AIR on the AZMerit tests would be stored on databases that are shared with the U.S. Department of Labor. 

Also, AIR, the group claims, was recently the victim of a “data breach.” That's hardly reassuring to parents concerned for the safety of their children and their families' private information that could be revealed in answers to questions on the tests, answers inncocently provided by children simply doing what they are told they must do.

All of this should give pause to parents in Arizona with children in public and charter schools. 

Regardless of these troubling revelations, the state attorney general says parents have no right to exempt their children from taking the tests.

In a five-page legal opinion published by the Arizona Republic, Brnovich cited state law and case law in support of his statement that parents of children in kindergarten through 12th grade are not legally allowed to opt their kids out of those tests.

"Our conclusion remains the same: parents do not have a legal right to withdraw their children from state-mandated assessments in Arizona's public schools," Brnovic declares.

Brnovich goes on in the letter to point the finger at the state legislature, claiming that lawmakers did not include the right to opt out of assessment tests in the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” enacted in 2010. “The legislature could have included a parental right to exempt a child from statewide assessments, but did not.”

He goes on to explain that the state legislature “limited the authority of parents who choose public education.”

Remarkably, Brnovic cites federal case law in support of his statement that parents have a right to choose where their children are educated, but not how.

Finally, apparently in response to last year’s demonstration of parental repugnance to the statewide assessment tests, Brnovic orders that if students are in school the day the tests are administered, they may not refuse to take them.

As for superintendent Douglas’s response to the attorney general’s legal opinion, the Arizona Republic reports that “Sally Stewart, a spokeswoman for Douglas, responded with a one-line e-mail: ‘We will seek legislation in the next session and ask the federal government for flexibility.’”

Parents of public and charter schools in Arizona are encouraged to contact their state legislators and demand that the unalienable rights of parents be protected and that bureaucrats not be empowered to revoke those rights, forcing students to submit to tests that have been shown to be springboards for greater federal intrusion into the classroom.